JGR wrote: ↑07 Dec 2021 14:51
The "number of industries" setting in the map generation window sets the density. The total number to generate is proportional to the map size.
Ok, so this is a trunk problem.
IMO the way it works is not correct.
I did some tests and found you're right, with English town names I get always about 2.5 industries per town, and both density and industries count remains proportional with map size, when I use "very few" settings.
BUT : this fails when I set "custom" town count.
On a 1024x1024 map, with 2 towns, I get 20 industries, whatever the setting for industry density.
This has also a very annoying side effect about map generation time : it actually tries to generate 160 industries but 140 fails. It takes a longer time to generate the map.
The industry density should be ajusted with the number of cities actually generated.
It's more logic that the industry density would be a "town industry density" rather than a "global map industry density".
The current way it works makes the industry density setting useless on big maps when you limit the number of towns (by map structure or using the custom setting).
As on a 256x256 map with "very few" parameters for towns and industries, I get 4 towns and 10 industries, I expect to always have 2,5 industries per town whatever the size of the map or the number of towns.